Garment hanger



June' 9, 1925. 1,541,741

7 J. A. SHOEMAKER' GARMENT HANGER ori inal Filed April 22 1921 minim! (hie 07) 1? 67770627702160 INVENTOR Patented June 9, 1925.

U N I T E D p S T A AT ENT O FF IECIET.

JOSEPH, A. SHOEMAKER, OE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GARMENT nanen'e.

Original application filed April 22, 1921, Serial N'oI 463,452. Divided and this application filed January To all whom it may concern;

lie it known that I JOSEPH A. SHOE- arannn, a citizen of the United States, re siding at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Gan ment Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment hang ers and has for its primary object to provide a olosinghanger having means to sup port the coat of a suit or dress, and a supporting cross bar for. the trousers or skirt of the suit, the parts being constructively arranged to permit of the folding of the hanger for convenience in packing.

Another object of the invention is the construction of a hanger wherein the cross bar for supporting the trousers or skirt is in the form of a clamping member, whereby the garment may be properlysupported and prevented from creasing or wrinkling.

Another and very important object of the invention is the provision of a folding garment hanger of the type above set forth wherein the skirt or trouser supporting member is in the nature of a clamp and adapted to be suspended from the supporting bars so that a number ofgarments may be hung thereon without interfering with the coat portion of the suit.

Another and very important object of the invention is the construction of a folding hanger of the type above set forth con-- sisting of comparatively few parts, extremely simple, strong and durable, rigid and capable of being manufactured at an extremely low cost whereby its commercial possibilities are greatly enhanced. The subject matter of this invention is apart of my invention for garment hangers filed April 22nd, 1921, Serial Number 463,452, of which this is a division.

I attain the above objects and others by the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a View in front elevation of a garment hanger embodying the clamping member and showing the device in extended position. V

Figure 2 is a view of the same in folded position.

Figure 3 is a view in edge elevation of the hanger.

Figure 4: is a detailed view in transverse- .SBCtlOTl of a connection.

Serial No. 5215802 Figure 5 is a view ofsaid connection in side elevation,

Figure 6 is a view in perspective of the hanger clanrp in open position, and

Figure 7 is a detailed view in section of the saddle connection.

Referring now to the drawings wherein like reference characters designate corre sponding parts throughout the severalviews, 10 and 11 indicating the coat supporting members of the hanger consisting ofstraight bars having their adjacent inner ends cut away for overlapping connection and an element penetrating said ends to pivotally connectthe members which element is preferably in the formof wire and bent to form hook whereby the entire device may be suspended. At the outer ends of the members 10 and 11, I have provided a double eye clip, shown in detail by Figures 4 and 5 and consists of a single strip of metal bent double and having its endssepmated to form the U-shaped portion 24 embracing the member 10 and the dividing portion 25. Incisions in the strip are made so that the two portions of the material may be dug out to form eyes26, one at? each side of the dividing portion. A. rivet 2? or other fastening element: extends through the U-shaped. portion. of the member 10. Two links 28 and 29 are-provided at each end of the hanger, each of said links con; sistingof' a strand of wine liavingitsends looped as at 30 and 31. The loops 30 are interlinked with the eyes 26 while the loops 311 embrace pins 32 which are mounted in the ends of the clamping bars 33 and 3 i. Said pins also extend through the U-shaped clips 35 between the sides of which the loops 31 are held. Pins 36 extend across the clips 35 to form a pair of stops. A ring 37 encircles each pair of links 28 and 29.

The unfolding movement of the hanger is of course limited by engagement of the links against the pins 36. To insert a garment in the clamp, the hanger is laid upon one side as shown in Figure 6 and the rings 37 moved toward the double eye clips, thus permitting one clamping bar 33 or M to be moved upward to a self sustained elevated position. The edge of the garment is laid upon the lower clamping bar and the other moved downward and the rings 37 again shifted toward the clamping bars to bind the latter against the garment. The

clamping bars may be separated to the limit of movement by slipping the rings 37 over the eyes 26 of the double eye clips. It will be noted that while there is more or less universal movement permitted between the links and the members 10 and 11, nevertheless when the clamping bars are bound together, the relative sidewise movement between the members 10 and 11 and the clamping bars is limited, thus preserving the form of the hanger. Attention is also directed to the fact that when the hanger is extended, its premature collapse while adjusting a garment thereon is etl ectually prevented when separating); one clamping bar from the other and holding the same. Similar to my parent application the combined lengths of the coat supporting members 10 and 11 are greater than the length of the trouser supporting member or clamp above described consisting of the two bars 38 and Moreover it should be noted that the links 28 and 29 are of such a length that when the hanger is in its open position sutlicient space is provided to permit of a number of garments to be hung and suspended on the supporting bars 83 and A when the same are not used as a clamping member.

In the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated my invention embodied in one form by way of example, and which construction has been 'fOLllltl to answer to a satisfactory degree the results to be obtained. It would be manifest, however, that other forms of embodiment may be adopted, and that the construction may be variously changed and modified by the skilled mechanic without departing from the limits of the invention. Further it will be understood that the invention is not limited to any particular form of construction in the parts, except in so far as such limitations are specified in the subject matter being claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A garment hanger including a pair 0'! pivoted bars, a pair of suspended links at tached to the outer end of the bars and movable to either side thereof, a pair ot clamping bars connected to the opposite ends of the links, said pivoted bars and clamping bars being adapted for relative movement so that they lie in parallelism and contiguous to each other when the hanger is collapsed.

2. A garment hanger of the character described including two members pivoted together at an end of each, a pair of clamping bars of less length than the combined length of the two members and links connecting each end of said clamping bars with a corresponding free end of said members so that the said pivoted members and clamp ing bars may lie contiguous to each other and in parallelism when the hanger is folded V 3. A garment hanger of the characters described including two members pivoted together at an end of each, a pair of clamp ing bars Off less length than the combined length of the two members, a pair of links connected at each end to the respective ends of the pivoted members and clamping bars, said pairs of links having a sliding ring thereon tor clamping the bars together when in their extended positions, said pivoted members and clamping bars being movable relative to each other whereby they may be disposed in contiguous parallel relation when the hanger is collapsed.

In testimony whereof I atiix my signature.

JOSEPH A. SHOEMAKER. 

